This is a list of known Allied military operations of the Vietnam War. This is not a complete list. Operations are listed alphabetically; nearly all of them were conducted by the United States of America. | Operation Name | Date Duration | Description - location - Units | VC-NVA KIA's | U.S. KIA's | | Operation Adams[1] | 25 Oct 66 - 2 Apr 67 | 4th Infantry Division operation in Phu Yen Province | 491 | 51 | | Operation Ainslie[2] | 31 Aug - 21 Sep 67 | Australian 2RAR/NZ (Anzac) operation in Phuoc Tuy Province to aim at clearing a Viet Cong staging and supply area north of the Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat | | Operation Ala Moana[3] | 19 Feb - 14 May 67 | 25th Infantry Division operation in Hua Nghai, Tay Ninh and Binh Duong Provinces | 382 | 38 | | Operation Allen Brook[4] | 4 May - 24 Aug 68 | 1st Mar Div operation in southern Quang Nam Province | 1,017 | 240 | | Operation Andover[5] | 1 - 10 Apr 67 | 11 A.C.R. operation in Hua Nghai Province vicinity of village of Tan Hoa | 459 | 42 | | Operation Apache Snow[6] | 10 May - 7 Jun 69 | 3rd Mar Div 9th Marines and 101st Airborne Division operation in western Thua Thien Province | 977 | 54 | | Operation Arc Light[7] | 18 Jun 65 - 15 Aug 73 | US B-52 Stratofortress bombing campaign against communist base areas throughout Vietnam | | Operation Ashgrove Tram[8] | 25 Mar - 29 May 68 | ANZAC 2nd Bat RAR/1st Bat RNZIR cordon-and-search operation in the village of Long Hai | | Operation Ashland[9] | 67 | | Operation Atherton[10] | 10 Dec 69 - 10 Jan 70 | Australian 8th RAR operation along the Long Khanh/Phuoc Tuy Province borders to drive the elements of 274 VC Regiment into the border area, by reconnaissance in force, tp ambush locations in the east | | Operation Atlanta[11] | Nov - Dec 66 | 11th Cavalry mission to clear and secure lines of communication in three provinces near Saigon and to secure the new Blackhorse Base Camp, 13km south of Xuan Loc | | Operation Atlas Wedge[12] | 17 - 24 Mar 69 | 1st Inf Div, 11th ACR, 1/4th Cav operation as acting on intelligence that a larger NVA unit had infiltrated in the Micheline rubber plantation near Dau Tieng. After making contact, the NVA were defeated with the "pile on" tactics using air strikes, air and armored cav, Rome Plows, and infantry | 421 | | Operation Attleboro[13] | 14 Sep - 24 Nov 66 | 196th Inf. Bde., 1st and 4th Infantry Divisions and 173rd Airborne operation in War Zone "C" of Tay Ninh Province | 1,106 | 155 | | Operation Name | Date Duration | Description - location - Units | VC-NVA KIA's | U.S. KIA's | | Operation Baby Lift[14] | 3 - 26 Apr 75 | Mass evacuation/airlift of orphans from South Vietnam to the United States and other countries | | Operation Ballarat[15] | 4 - 16 Aug 67 | Australian 7RAR search-and-destroy operation to direct against VC secret bases in the eastern Hat Dich area | | Operation Ballistic Charge[16] | 16 - 28 Sep 67 | US Costal Division Twelve operation off Quang Nam and Quang Tin provinces | | Operation Barking Sands[17] | 18 May - 7 Dec 67 | 25th Infantry Division operation in Hua Nghai and Binh Duong Provinces | 304 | 19 | | Operation Barrell Roll[18] | 14 Dec 64 – 29 Mar 73 | The bombing of Laos by U.S. forces, to support the Royal Lao Army and CIA-trained Hmong | | Operation Barrier Reef[19] | 2 Jan 69 | fourth and last interdiction barrier in the Mekong Delta is established with naval patrols operating on the LaGrange-Ong Long Canal fro, Tuyen Nhon on the Vam Co Tay River to An Long on the Mekong | | Operation Beacon Hill[20] | 20 Mar - 3 Apr 67 | 3rd Mar Div operation in Quang Tri Province | 334 | 16 | | Operation Beacon Star[21] Phase II (part of Operation Game Warden) | 26 Apr - 12 May 67 | 3rd Mar Div operation in Quang Tri Province, TOAR vicinity of Khe Sanh | 469 | 24 | | Operation Beacon Torch[22] | 18 Jun - 2 Jul 67 | US Costal Division Twelve operation to cover an enemy-controlled area east of the Truong Giang River and southeast of the city of Hoi An | 86 | 13 | | Operation Bear Bite[23] | 3 - 18 Jul 67 | U.S. Seventh Fleet's Marines operation in an amphibious and heliborne assault near the Demilitarized Zone | 150 | | Operation Bear Claw[24] (part of Operation Game Warden) | 2 - 14 Jul 67 | 3rd Mar Div operation in Quang Tri Province vicinity of Con Thien, SLF part of Operation Buffalo | 424 | 29 | | Operation Beau Charger[25] | 18 - 26 May 67 | US 7th Fleet combined forces amphibious landing and sweep operation into the Southern half of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in the Ben Hai River area | 83 | 23 | | Operation Beau Diddley[26] | 67 | US Swift Boat operation | | Operation Beaumaris[27] | 13 - 14 Feb 67 | Asutralian 5RAR cordon-and-search of An Nhut, a small village lying between Long Dien and Dat Do in the heart of the richest rice-producing area of Phuoc Tuy | | Operation Beaver Cage[28] | 28 Apr - 12 May 67 | 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines operation to land to sweep a long-established enemy stronghold 25 miles south of Da Nang | 200 | | Operation Benton[29] | 12 Aug - 1 Sep 67 | 101st Airborne Division, 196th Infantry Bde operation in Quang Tin Province | 397 | 45 | | Operation Billings[30] | 20 Jun - 9 Jul 67 | 1st Infantry Division operation in Binh Duong, Phuoc Long and Long Khanh Provinces | 347 | 40 | | Operation Blackhawk[31] | Dec 68 - 14 Jan 69 | US 7/1 Cav operation in the 44th Special Tactical Zone north of Vinh Long to place round-the-clock pressure on infiltration routes along the Cambodian border and keep a constant watch for VC movement | 30 | 29 | | Operation Blackjack 33[32] | 27 Apr - 24 May 67 | 5th Special Forces Group operation in Chau Duc Province | 320 | 67 | | Operation Blue Jay[33][34] | Aug - Sep 66 | US II Field Force operation to support the deployment of the 196th Infantry Brigade to the to its base in Tay Ninh; the 25th Infantry Division was the sponsor, along with direct air force airlift from the port of Vung Tau to Tay Ninh, along with road convoys | | Operation Blue Marlin[35] | 7 - 10 Nov 65 | US BLT 2/7, 3/3 Marines, VMC amphibious shipping operation in Quang Tin Province, I Corps, Tam Ky | | Operation Bold Mariner[36] (part of Operation Game Warden) | 13 Jan - 9 Feb 69 | HMM-362, SLF-A, 2nd ARVN Div, 2/26 Marines, HMM-164 operation in Quang Ngai Province, I Corps, Batangan Peninsula; this cordon, search, and sweep operation was the largest amphibious assault of the War | 60 | 5 | | Operation Bolling[37] | 19 Sep 67-31 Jan 69 | 1st Cavalry Division and 173 Abn Bde operation in Phu Yen Province | 715 | 55 | | Operation Bolo[38] | 2 Jan 67 | United States Air Force's decoy mission to disguise the electronic signature of combat aircraft | | Operation Boone[39] | 27 Jun 66 - 1 Dec 68 | US Army's MACV operation to develop a cross-border reconnaissance capability for Cambodia using Special Forces troops | | Operation Breakfast[40] (part of Operation Menu) | 18 Mar - 2 May 69 | American B-52s carpet-bombing of eastern Cambodia | | Operation Bribie[41] | 17 - 18 Feb 67 | Australian 6 RAR search-and-destroy operation in Ap My An, Phuoc Tuy Province, to establish a blocking position to prevent the withdrawal eastwards of a VC force which had unsuccessfully ambushed Route 44 between Dat Do and Lang Phuoc Hai | 70 | | Operation Buffalo/Beaver Track/Bear Claw[42] | 2-14 Jul 67 | 3rd Mar Div operation with SLF vicinity DMZ Con Thien and Cam Lo | 1,281 | 125 | | Operation Burlington Trail[43] | 8 Apr - 11 Nov 68 | 198th Infanty Bde., operation along border of Quang Tin and Quang Nam Provinces | 1,931 | 212 | | Operation Byrd[44] | 26 Aug 66 - 20 Jan 68 | 1st Cavalry economy-of-force operation in Binh Thuan Province | 849 | 23 | | Operation Name | Date Duration | Description - location - Units | VC-NVA KIA's | U.S. KIA's | | Operation Kansas[65] | 13 - 22 Jul 66 | US III MAF operation which involved inserting a series of 13-man reconnaissance teams to observe and bring fire on the NVA and VC in the strategic Que Son Valley that straddled the Quang Tin and Quang Nam provinces | 85 | 9 | | Operation Name | Date Duration | Description - location - Units | VC-NVA KIA's | U.S. KIA's | | Operation Seahawk[76] | 72 | US search and rescue operations in the Gulf of Tonkin, on the gun line off the coast, coming under enemy fire on 15 occasions | | Operation Sea Tiger[77] | Feb 69 - May 70 | US Navy Swift Boats operation to clear and keep open the Cua Dai river for commercial and fishing activities | | Operation Steel Tiger[78] (part of Operation Barrell Roll) | 3 Apr 65 - 11 Nov 68 | U.S. 2nd Air Division aerial interdiction effort targeted against the infiltration of NVA men and material moving south from North Vietnam through southeastern Laos | | Operation Sunrise[79] | 22 Mar - Apr 62 | South Vietnamese relocation of Vietnamese peasantry around Saigon to "strategic hamlets" | [edit] See also [edit] References - ^ http://www.talkingproud.us/International061406WhiteHorse.html
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